Tertullian, Against Marcion 4.23
I adopt the persona of an Israelite. Let Marcion's Christ step forward and shout: "Faithless generation, how long must I be among you? How long must I put up with you?" He ought to hear from me at once: "Whoever you are, steward, first tell us who you are, where you come from, and what right you have among us. So far everything here belongs to the Creator. Granted, if you come from Him and act for Him, we accept the rebuke. But if you come from another, tell us: what have you ever entrusted to us from your own resources that we should have believed, so that you can now rebuke our unbelief—you who never once revealed yourself to us? How long have you been at work among us, that you complain about the time? In what ways have you endured us, that you claim patience? You arrive like the donkey from Aesop's well and already you're crying out."
Latin
Suscipio in me personam Israhelis. stet Christus Marcionis et exclamet: o genitura incredula, quousque ero apud uos? quousque sustinebo uos? statim a me audire debebit: 'quisquis es, o oeconome, prius ede, qui sis et a quo uenias et quod in nobis tibi ius? usque adhuc creatoris est totum apud te. plane, si ab illo uenis et illi agis, admittimus increpationem. si uero ab alio, dicas uelim: quid nobis umquam de tuo commisisti, quod credere debuissemus, ut exprobres incredulitatem qui nec te ipsum aliquando nobis reuelasti? quam olim apud nos agere coepisti, ut tempus queraris? in quibus nos sustinuisti, ut patientiam imputes? asinus de Aesopi puteo modo uenis et iam exclamas*.